My bike started to wobble. My rear wheel juddered over the pavement. At first I ignored it. I didn’t want to accept the cruel truth: My rear tire was flat.
U.S. citizens living in Costa Rica have likely enjoyed the perk of avoiding the deluge of political ads during the runup to the midterm elections this fall. But just because you didn’t have to suffer through the campaign season doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to vote. This November, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs along with Senate seats in 36 states.
It wasn't pretty, but Costa Rica's national men's football team scraped out a 2-2 tie Sunday against Panama, in Group A's battle to the Central America Cup final on Sept. 13 in Los Angeles, California.
Details of the operation are still emerging, but initial reports from Costa Rica's National Police indicate that cops on Sunday seized an SUV loaded with 400 kilograms of cocaine in the Pacific coastal province of Puntarenas. Two suspects fled and no arrests have yet been made.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – A mysterious explosion that rocked Nicaragua's crowded capital Managua, creating a large crater, appears to have been caused by a meteorite, officials said Sunday.
When Hollander saw Lars Von Trier’s latest film, the controversial “Nymphomaniac,” the story moved her to create a series of collages. Entitled “Asexual,” the exhibit is now on display in the lobby of Cine Magaly.
The Ferrises’ project addresses a common problem in Costa Rica, especially outside the Central Valley: Small businesses are often hard for foreigners to find online, even businesses geared toward tourists and travelers.
A consortium of scientists announced Thursday in Science that they've sequenced the coffee genome for the first time. By determining all of the genes that make up robusta coffee, a plant variety that accounts for about one-third of the world's consumption, they've opened the door to better breeding practices and even genetic engineering.
